Bought up in Llanelli in South Wales, Richard Evans studied Electrical Engineering at Bath University and Journalism at City University in London. He trained as a newspaper reporter on the South Wales Argus in Newport before joining GWR Radio in Bristol. He was a duty editor at BBC Wales before joining Radio One's Newsbeat where he was latterly news presenter on the Zoe Ball Breakfast show. He's reported at home and abroad for various BBC outlets including the Today Programme, The World at One and PM and presented series for BBC Radio Four, BBC Radio Five Live, BBC World Service, BBC Wales Radio and Television. He is an experienced Presentation and Journalism trainer and has facilitated and led events for the UK government’s Children and Young People’s Unit and the Radio Academy.
BBC Radio Wales - Presenter
Good Morning Wales,
Richard Evans with the Radio Wales Phone-In,
Sunday Edition
The Radio Wales News Quiz
BBC Wales Television -Presenter
Your Wales Today,
Week In Week Out
BBC Radio One - Presenter
Newsbeat,
Zoe Ball Breakfast Show.
BBC Radio Four -Presenter
Points of Law (Four series)
Summer School
BBC Radio Five Live -Presenter
Breakfast
Drive
Midday News
Late Night Live
Up All Night
The Weekend News
BBC World Service / Public Radio International (US) -Presenter
The World
Reporting Assignments include World at One/PM, BBC Radio Four, Today Programme, BBC Radio Four, BBC Radio News.
Features include Major/Blair/Ashdown face young voters, BBC Radio One , Tout!, BBC Radio One , Le Walk through the Channel Tunnel, BBC Radio One , Live Aid Anniversary from Ethiopia, BBC Radio One, Kurdish Refugee Crisis, BBC Radio News , Youth Crime Series, BBC Radio Five Live
Course leader for BBC Radio Training Live Two-Ways for News, Studio Production.
Voiceovers include Discovery Channel, Under Offer, UKTV Style,
Judge at Student Radio Awards
Panel Game Appearances include The Year in Question, BBC Radio Four, A B or three, BBC Radio Wales